National Capital Commission

Described in the Gatineau Park Master plan (2021), the land use designations are the authorized activities or uses in a given area. They support the implementation of the park’s vision and goals. They also ensure that interventions and activities are spatially and functionally consistent....

Delimited area of the Gatineau Park as of 2021.

Delimited area of the Greenbelt as of 2013.

In celebration of the tremendous diversity of tree species that tell the story of our culture and history, the NCC released in September 2020 a compilation of close to 170 remarkable trees across Canada’s Capital region entitled A Living Legacy: Remarkable Trees of Canada’s Capital. An...

Locations of scenic points already existing and potential in the Gatineau Park borders.

Point representing each of the parking lots under the maintenance and management of the NCC.

Boundaries of the National Capital Region since 1959, with the coming into force of the National Capital Act

In the Greenbelt Master Plan (2013), the proposed land designations are a “classification” which assigns desired landscape character and uses to defined land areas across the Greenbelt. Areas are classified according to their desired role, whether to protect biodiversity, maintain agricultural...